{"id":64220,"date":"2014-01-02T11:15:39","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T16:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=64220"},"modified":"2014-03-07T13:58:17","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T18:58:17","slug":"new-years-with-burroughs-surprisingly-tame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/02\/new-years-with-burroughs-surprisingly-tame\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year\u2019s with Burroughs, Surprisingly Tame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Early_portable_tvlarge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64221\" alt=\"Early_portable_tvlarge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Early_portable_tvlarge.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Early_portable_tvlarge.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Early_portable_tvlarge-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Firecrackers and whistles sounded the advent of the New Year of 1965 in St. Louis. Stripteasers ran from the bars in Gaslight Square to dance in the street when midnight came. Burroughs, who had watched television alone that night, was asleep in his room at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel, St. Louis\u2019s most elegant.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/4424\/the-art-of-fiction-no-36-william-s-burroughs\" target=\"_blank\">William S. Burroughs, the Art of Fiction No. 36 <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firecrackers and whistles sounded the advent of the New Year of 1965 in St. Louis. Stripteasers ran from the bars in Gaslight Square to dance in the street when midnight came. 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